Gerund
Gerund terlihat sama persis seperti present participle, tetapi sebaiknya Anda memahami perbedaan keduanya. Gerund selalu memiliki fungsi yang sama seperti kata benda (meskipun terlihat seperti kata kerja)
Gerund sebagai subjek kalimat
Contoh
- Eating Iron is wrong.
- Hunting Lions is dangerous.
- Flying makes me nervous.
- Brushing our teeth is important.
- Smoking causes lung cancer
Lihat juga: Anecdote text
Gerund sebagai komplemen atau pelengkap kata kerja to be
Contoh
- One of his duties is attending meetings.
- The hardest thing about learning English is understanding the gerund.
- One of life's pleasures is having breakfast in bed
Gerund setelah preposisi
Gerund harus digunakan saat kata kerja diletakkan setelah preposisi. Hal ini juga berlaku untuk beberapa ekspresi tertentu yang berakhir dengan preposisi, misalnya in spite of dan there's no point in.
Contoh
- Can you sneeze without opening your mouth?
- He is good at painting.
- He avoided her by walking on the opposite side of the road.
- We arrived in Singapore after driving all night.
- My father decided against postponing his trip to Hongkong.
- There's no point in waiting.
- In spite of missing the train, we arrived on time
Gerund setelah phrasal verb
Kata kerja frasa atau phrasal verb tersusun dari kata kerja + preposisi atau kata keterangan.
Contoh
- When will you give up smoking?
- He always puts off going to the dentist.
- She kept on asking for money.
- Anthony ended up buying a new TV after his old one broke
Ada beberapa phrasal verb yang menyertakan kata to sebagai preposisi, seperti to look forward to, to take to, to be accustomed to, to get around to, dan to be used to. Anda dapat memeriksa apakah to adalah preposisi atau bagian dari infinitive. Jika Anda dapat meletakkan kata ganti it setelah kata to dan membentuk kalimat yang bermakna, kata to adalah preposisi dan harus diikuti oleh gerund
Contoh
- I look forward to hearing from you soon.
- I look forward to it.
- I am used to waiting for buses.
- I am used to it.
- He didn't really take to studying English.
- He didn't really take to it.
- When will you get around to mowing the grass?
- When will you get around to it?
Lihat juga: Biography text
Gerund dalam kata benda majemuk
Untuk kata benda majemuk yang menggunakan gerund, sudah jelas bahwa artinya adalah kata benda, bukan kata kerja continuous. Misalnya, kata swimming pool berarti kolam untuk berenang, bukan kolam yang sedang berenang
Contoh
- I am giving Sally a driving lesson.
- They have a swimming pool in their back yard.
- I bought some new running shoes
Gerund setelah beberapa ekspresi
Gerund harus digunakan setelah ekspresi can't help, can't stand, to be worth, dan it's no use.
Contoh
- She couldn't help falling in love with him.
- I can't stand being stuck in traffic jams.
- It's no use trying to escape.
- It might be worth phoning the station to check the time of the train
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